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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 40

AV 20 40.1

इन्द्रेण सं हि दृक्षसे संजग्मानो अबिभ्युषा । मन्दू समानवर्चसा

indreṇa saṃ hi dṛkṣase saṃjagmāno abibhyuṣā | mandū samānavarcasā

For you are seen together with Indra, having joined with the fearless one — the two joyful ones, of equal splendour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Mayest thou verily be seen coming by fearless Indra's side: Both joyous: equal in your sheen.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 40.2

अनवद्यैर् अभिद्युभिर् मखः सहस्वद् अर्चति । गणैर् इन्द्रस्य काम्यैः

anavadyair abhidyubhir makhaḥ sahasvad arcati | gaṇair indrasya kāmyaiḥ

With the blameless, heaven-ward ones the makha sings forcefully, with the beloved troops of Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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With Indra's well-beloved hosts, the blameless, hastening to heaven, The sacrificer cries aloud.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 20 40.3

आद् अह स्वधाम् अनु पुनर् गर्भत्वम् एरिरे । दधाना नाम यज्ञियम्

ād aha svadhām anu punar garbhatvam erire | dadhānā nāma yajñiyam

Then indeed, following their own will, they set in motion embryo-state again, taking on a name fit for sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Thereafter they, as is their wont, threw off the state of babes unborn, Assuming sacrificial name.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)